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The Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota railroad
has been completed to Topeka. and trains
viii be running soon.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company
is making brave fight to get into New York
independent of any other roads rails.
The statement of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad company for October,
shows the gross earnings to be 81, ,6S7, ,SS44S, an
increase of S11 ,27S over the corresponding
month in 1885,
The Philadelphia and Reading railroad IL
down the number of high priced officials it
supports. Its employees are also made to pay
fare to and from work, and are kicking up
big row about it, too. -
The gross earnings of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad for the months Of July,
August, September and October, were q, ,102,-
2S6, and its operating expenses for the same
time were 2,942, SIS. This is an increase Of
S357, ,401 over the earnings of the same months
in 1875.
Years ago the officials of the Grand Trunk
railway found that they could not secure
enough business from the Canadians, and
made Portland, Me-, their eastern, and later
Chicago, their western terminus The Cana
dian Pacific road has learned the same thing,
and has made Boston its eastern terminus.
There are 1,7OO train dispatchers in the
United States, 1,GO0 of whom belong to the
Train Dispatchers' association. The time
card was king until Superintendent Minot,
then of the Erie railroad, one day conceived
the idea Of running train on special time,
till it should meet another train that was two
hours late. He met with opposition, but
carried his point, and in short time every
railroad had its dispatcher.
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~. ~, ,.S JOHN L. OWENS.
.n1Ssntcs aSang S94 e was photographed BY sarony
druggist in Baltimore. But destiny meant him
to exchange pestle and mortar for the mask Of
Com,ls He took natural" to theatricais,
and hung around the stage door of the old
Baltimore Museum till he got inside of it.
He served as drug clerk by day and played
at night for some time. But the stage at
traction grew constantly stronger, and the
pill and powder connection weaker. Owens
at length broke away from drugs altogether
and devoted himself to theatricals.
But his first leading character was about
the worst drug he had ever compounded.
Like many another funny man he pined to
be great i'll tragedy, and attempted Richard
I'll. The audience drowned him down in
roars of laughter. He took his defeat like a
man, and thereafter devoted himself to
making people laugh. After all that is bet
ter than to make them cry, far better.
He was very wealthy at one time, but had
lost much money. lie still had his beautiful
country home and the Charleston Academy
OF Music. His wife is still living He was
an ardent southern sympathizer during the
war
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o. 8. MEDAL on HONOR. Of service, mark
nlanship, zeal in recruiting. athletic sports,
personal popularity and other commendable
things. That a great nation, possessing for
more than twenty years congressional
decoration for valor, already conferred upon
several hundred heroes, should be Ignorant
of its existence is astonishing!
The cause. Of this ignorance may be found
in the mistaken simplicity which has marked
the method of presentation. In countries
from which we get many Of our best military
customs the decoration is often handed to the
soldier by his sovereign in the presence Of the
principal officers of state, of large bodies of
troops and of thousands of people. The
rasae of the fortunate recipient is published
in the official gazette and by the press
throughout the dominions. In our country
this reward from the highest power in our
government is sometimes conveyed to tho
brave winner by the hands of the postman,
with the brief remark perhaps of "a parcel
for YOU" Seldom Is there parade OF the
troops or prancing of cavalry squadrons or
rumble of artillery wheels or flashing OF in
fantry bavonets or crash of military bands
while the prize for valor is pinned over
heart swelling with honest pride. Seldom is
the affair an occasion of ceremony.
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THE ICE CASTLE,


Instead Of following the designs of former
winters at Montreal and st. Paul, the archi-
tects have placed the principal tower at the
northwestern angle rather than at the center,
the whole design being intended to give
greater variety of view as an observer makes
the circuit of the structure. The plan is an
irregular square, inclosing an area OF some
1900 feet, entirely clear, open to the sky.
From each angle of the square tower rises,
that on the southwestern corner being re-
duced copy of tho great tower at Windsor
castle. Ii is to be provided with a circular
staircase in ice, leading to a parapet COM
manding fine view. A height Of 100 feet
win be attained by the principal tower,
shown IN the foreground Of the sketch The
tower on the eastern angle will rise TO q
height of so feet, and be placed diagonally
to the wall. AT the northerly angle win be q
fourth tower, SO feet squars and SO feet high.
Curtain walls with loopholes and battlements
connect towers and turrets together Special
provision has been made in the design for ef-
fective aid to electric illumination and pyro-
technics
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80 DEER LODGE, MONTANA, JANUARY 21, 1887
A MEDAL or HONOR.
Authorized by Congress, and Yet Seldom
Heard Of

Authorized by Congress, and Yet Seldom
Heard OF.
In The early days OF the civil war Secretary
Stanton proclaimed that aalacrity, daring,
courageous spirit and patriotic zeal on all
occasions and under every circumstance il
expected from the army Of the United States.
y And the people Of the United States
viii rejoice to honor every soldier and officer
who proves his courage by charging with the
bayonet and storming iptrenchments, or in
the blaze Of the enemy's fre!" And to carry
out this purpose congress authorized the con-
ferring of decorative medal Of honor for dis
tinguished conduct in the presence Of the
enemy. A thousand heroes have been 20
decorated, but so quietly has it been done that
but few persons have ever heard Of it.
The war department has recently and
tardily published the list OF men who re-
ceived tho medal during the war. Since.
the war there have been about 800 of these
medals distributed, and it is to be hoped that
the names Of these gallant 800 will be pub
lished before the close Of the century.
On this subject a newspaper writer re-
Gently said:
A stranger within our gates will hardly
agree with the assertion so often made that
two are not military people" If he takes
nots { the profusion Of military medals and
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Fra. g

Fig 2 is double illustration. 1t shows
first sectional view of the route taken; sec
ond, a fiat map of the same. The navigators
rose first to height of / 300 feet, and kept it
up at that height till nearly morning. Then
they rose to d height of 4,200 feet. During
the night they witnessed marvellous phenom-
ena in the way Of shooting stars.
When they brought the balloon down, it
came to within 100 feet of the surface of the
water. The float is arranged with orifces
that fill with water when it Is submerged.
This makes weight and retards the balloon
by dragging on it. When it was desired to
raise the balloon again the float was emptied.
They crossed the Thames at an altitude of
200 feet, and landed at Tottenham station,
just out of the city. They steered the
machine partly by means Of the sail, taking
advantage of the direction of the wind. This
successful experiment in steering balloon
has been hailed with welcome the world
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THE ATLANTA Y. M. c. A.
Their New Building, Which Will be One
of the Best Eauipped in America.

Their New Building, Which Will be One
of the Best Equipped in America.
The Atlanta association to-day is the most
fiourishing organization of the kind in tne
south Organized in the summer Of 1873, a
quiet and successful work was carried on
until the spring of 1886, when the twenty
fifth international convention OF the Young
Mems Christian associations Of the United
States and British provinces convened in At
lanta. With this convention began a new
era in the history of the Atlanta association.
At the close Of the convention movement
was put on foot to secure funds for q build
ing. The amount required was first placed
at $4,000 A meeting Of business men was
called the next night after the convention ad
journed at the home of one of the leading cap
italists, at which time $40, 600 was subscribed
voluntarily. IN two days the amount re-
quired was raised to $50 900, in four days to
SIS, ,000 In less than three weeks nearly
$4,000 were subscribed for this noble pro-
ject without the circulation of single sub
scription list. The pledging Of the money
and the manner of doing SO was phenomenal,
and without parallel in the history of asso-
citation work. The cry of the city was, "a
home for our young men, Men, women and
children would meet members and friends of
the association on the streets and ffer their
subscriptions. Tho average daily increase
was nearly 5000, until the grand total was
reached, when it was found that there were
over 600 names OH the list of subscribers. A
lot was secured on one of the principal streets,
plans selected, and o magnificent structure is
now in process of erection.
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FAsHloNLETs.
Pale pink wells are becoming.

Pale pink wells are becoming.
The fronts OF basques are trimmed.
Silk nightgowns are now made of soft silk.
Mems cuffs are cut round at the corners,
and their shoes are broader at the toes
Seal fur is still the favorite, though there
is movement in favor OF astrakhan.
Many young ladies have signed an agree
ment to wear no more birds ON their hats.
The taste for crowding rooms with all sorts
of ornaments, biic-a-brac and knick-knacks
Is ON the wane.
The cape is the only addition to the New
markets. The plain coachman's cape is pre-
ferred, though few hoods are seen.
A much admired trained gown Of high
ceremony is Of garnet velvet, faced wherever
facing is demanded or permissible with Par
nell green satin.
Ladies' hun ting suits are made in one piece
and resemble boys first kilt suit. The belt
and cartouchier are of Russia or alligator
leather. Sometimes Suede waistcoat and
cutaway jacket are worn, and Scotch cap
OF plush or velvet Is considered the correct
head wear
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Most graceful and simply shaped polonaises
are seen made of cloth over plaid, or blocked
velvet, or plush skirts of contrasting color.
The cloth polonaise is Tapped to the left hip,
and has a tricorncred zreyers or panief on the
left side only, while the front drops in low
apron, the right side is plated, and the back
forms fall in straight, full plaits, and are
open up the middle and sides to half conceal,
half disclose the skirt beneath. The neck is
finished by plastron of the material of the
skirt This is showliin dark green cloth over
brown and green plush skirt edged with
fur, while the green poionaise is trimmed
with heavy brown cord gimp. Another green
cloth polonaise has skirt of green velvet
cross barred with heliotrope and yellow
bands two inches apart. while the polonaise
has border of brown fur. Tiger or leopard
figured plush forms the skirt and vest of
brown cloth polonaise, while new felt fabric
in heliotrope shades forms the petticoat be-
meath other green and brown dresses. s.-Har-
per,s BaZar
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Next it had float which could be let down
into the ocean, and travelling through the
water would convert the free balloon into a
captive one. This float is also seen in Fig.
/. There was besides conica1 reservoir
holding eighty-five gallons. When the bal
loon was near the waters edge a pail could
be lie. down, and salt water drawn up till the
reservoir was filed. The reservoir was
temporary ballast to hold the balloon from
shooting up into the higher regions when the
sun should warm the air and the initiating
gas. Lastly there was a triangular sail,
which the aeronaut spread, and which filed
with wind and helped drive them along at
the rate of nine knots an hour. Fig.
shows the balloon near the surface of the sea,
its float dragging and the air navigators fill
ing their reservoir with salt water
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elected to the chamber of deputies, to which
body he was returned by the electors in the
following year. He gained the enmity of n.
zola for forbidding the production of 4GeF=
minal' last year, and the celebrated author
wrote very angry letter to The Figaro, say
ing that III. Goblet would only be known to
posterity as Hthe man who interdicted Ger
minal'n II. Goblet, formerly protege OF
Gambetta, is said to be secret ally of II.
Clemenceau. He was minister Of public in
struction in the cabinet which preceded that
defeated last week. In 1889 he was minister
safs fha infersar
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Can you tell me whether there are such things
as heat and cold: Or is heat the absence of cold,
or cold the absence of heat? b.
Technically speaking, there isSno such thing
as heat. Cold is the absence of heat When
one stands on a cold substance like marble
the heat of the body goes into, the marble.
No cold comes to replace it. But when the
body is warmed again, it is by absorbing
more heat.
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Tle VOL ee Digestion.

The sweltering noon is not favorable time
for repletion, nor is the early morning, when
the energies Of the system should not be mn
duly monopoiized by the work of digestion.
4 heavy breakfast handicaps worker for
the rest OF the forenoon. or all thu wretched
slaves OF conventional abuses, the most to be
pitied are those who have to bolt their dinner
U Q minimum or time, and hasten back TO
their drudgery, and often to temperature
that must tempt them to barter 4 week Of
their lives for one hour Of undisturbed sleep.
{ 4 light breakfast and late dinner surprisingly
ease the burden Of the hottest working day
Or. Felix L. Oswald. Z
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The Red spot ON Jupiter.

Can you give any explanation Of the great red
spot on the planet Jupiter that has for the past
eight years attracted the attention of astronomers
and oblige A READER.
No explanation has been given. The spot
mentioned is $4,000 miles in length and $500
in width, being oval shaped. 1t was first
noticed in 1878. 1t has been referred to various
causes, viz: An emerging continent, a float
ing island on an ocean, lava poured out over
a vast area smoke and steam from long
continued eruption. These are the supposi-
tions, but they are worthless. There is really
no exclamation
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COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE.

The case has been gong on ever since, in
one form or another. Once it was supposed
to be closed, but the plaintiff got hold OF some
new letters that he had not known about at
first. Then it broke out afresh, like the
smallpox, only worse. The revelations that
were made were enough to disgust New
York police justice. You may know by that
that they were pretty tough.
The penuriousness, the petty and tyrannical
home rule of the chief dispenser of justice in
the British empire on which the sun never
sets were brought out in black letters upon q
gilt background. The old gentleman visited
us here few years ago, with his thin stomach
and bald head Looking at him one can see
that wigs for judges are sometimes good
thing, Justice Coleridge was honored UNI
commonly in America, had long and heavy
dinners given to him, with longer and heavier
speeches, from one end of the land to the
other. He is the Oldest fogy in England, and
distinguishes himself on all occasions by de-
cisions that smell of tho middle ages.
The bearded plaintiff, Mr.. Adams, conduct
ed his own case in the trial that came off re-
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TEE JUDGE.

We are dying to be like the British aristoc-
racy. When every wealthy American family
gets around it swarm OF lazy, impudent,
thieving, lying, treacherous hirelings that
dog them like spies aud note down their most
private action, in order to afterward pro-
claim it upon the housetops for their owa ad-
vantage, then we shall he, to q certain extepka
like the lords and ladyships over tho water.
All hail British aristocracy in America!
A case which likewise illustrates the ways
of British high life in private is that just
tried in London and called Adams VS.. Coler-
idge and another The Coleridge in the case
is no less parsonage than the lord chief
justice OF England, peer of tho realm, sir.
He is the defendant The plaintiff is lfis
unacceptable son-in-law, Mr.. Charles War
rem Adams, also lawyer.
The illustrations offer good view of the
inside of an English law court. Two years
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TERMs-.INvARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

Observation-Disclosures directed to his or anothert
or whether he has subscribed not-is responsible
for the payment.
Q. If person orders his paper discontinued, h.
must pay ali arrearageR, or the publisher will cone
tnue 10 send ituntil payment is made and collect the
office or not. @HA 1f 800 ~ ~
8. Theeourts have decided that refusing to take
thenewspapers or periodicals from the Poetoffce OF
removing and leaving them Encalled for, is prim0
facie evidence of intentionalfraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the optisn of the subscriber.
RemttanceB by draft, check, money order, or reee-
tered letter may Re sent at risk An Postmasterr
are required to register letters on application.
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Tho Passion Flower,

Why is the passion flower SO calleda s.
1t was called by this name by the Spanish
settlers of the West Indies and South Amer
lea, its native region, because they fancied il
to be representative of Christ's passion op
sacrifcial death. According to this fancy
tie leaf symbolizes the spear that pierced the
Sasiour's side; the anthers the marks OF the
aye wounds made by the spear; the tendrils
the cords or whips with which He was
scourged; the column OF the ovary the up
right of the cross; the stamens the hammers;
the three styles the nails; the filamentous
processes the crown of thorns; the calyx the
glory or halo; the white tinge purity; the
blpa tint heaven. apd the fact that it remains
open thsao days typifies the three days He lay
In the tomb.
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The Language of Mexico.

Can you inform me how it is that the names OF
places In Mexicoa are Spanish? In reading the his
tory of the Mexican war ] find that such names as
Vera Cruz, Moiino del Rey and Buena Vista occur
frequently, while there are no ordinary English
names. STUDENT.
The reader should peruse Prescott's ''Con-
quest of Mexico There he viii find the
most entertaining and historical account of
how fernando Cortez, Q Spanish adventurer,
conquered the natives of Mexico more than
200 years ago, made it q Spanish province
and ingrafted the Spanish language upon the
country
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A Well Paid Author.

What living author is financially the most sue
cessful? L.
Emile Zola. His income is about $4,000
per year. AS lola is perhaps the most promi
nent portrayer of characters noted for their
impurity, this does not indicate that pure
writing, like honesty, is the best policy.
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Lord Bacon.

Can you tell me who was called the greatest,
wisest, meanest of mankind:n R.P.
Baron Ver1ilam-Lord Francis Bacon.
Lord Bacon was the founder of one of the
great schools Of philosophy. He was a uni
versal genius. But he betrayed his best friend,
the Earl of Essex, by becoming the prosecut-
ing attorney when Queen Elizabeth, desiring
to rid herself of her former favorite, put the
earl on trial
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DEVOTION.

Just as the hillcrowned lake reflects .be sky
That DER 1t bends-shines blue when ii is blue
Is gray when dim and hoary clouds float By,
And bright when sunset 1nns gorgeous hue
The tapestries Of eve with crimson dye,
And CLEANS when nights soft dusky hands
renew
The heavens star-studded diadem on high,
Whose million jewels glisten clear and true;
So is reflected in maiden's eye,
Through lashes long or dropping eyelids shy
Each changing mood of him whom she loves
best;
Whether in sorrow dim or gladness bright
Love shines with constant and devoted light
Through her souls windows, ever self-con-
feSSedf John NJ Cameron.
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win you please inform reader from what
source the czar of Russia receives his immense
income, which is said to be more than S9,000,00o
per year s. N.
The crown domains of Russia comprise
more than million square miles. They in
clude cultivated lands and forests in different
parts of the empire. Then the crown derives
large income from the gold, silver and cop
per and other mines in Siberia. The income
from all sources is supposed to be over S12,-
OO0O00
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Stories Ahou. william D. Price.

The death of Congressman William d.
Price, of Wisconsin, recaHs many stories
about him. One that he used himself to re-
late with great gusto was Of the discontinue
Of dudish young man from Chicago, who
went out to the congressman's mill to see him
ON business, and could hardly believe that
the short, stout workman, who was filing a
saw, was the millionaire congressman. Mem
bers OF congress remember particularly his
opposition to the expending of lot OF Uncle
Sans money upon congressional funerals
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JOHN E. OWENS.

Gone is solon silingle, with His 81 Bari
of Apple Sass"
John E. Owens! How the name conjures
from the past phantoms of fun. He has
made more people laugh, tear bubbling, side
splitting laughter, than any other man of our
tizne-or, indeed, of many times.
Mr.. Owens died at his farm, Aigburth Vale,
near Towson, Maryland. He had given to
his country place the name of the town
where he was born, in England, in 1919.
From the name. be was plainly OF Welsh
descent, though born jim England His father
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THE MONTREAL CARNIVAL.

Preparations for the Festival-Castle OF
Ice.
On Feb. next the Montreal carnival will
begin. The programme of sports is already
announced, and the design for the usual ice
structure has been decided on. 1t is o @castle"
this time; heretofore it has been a palace"
The castle is to be erected as usual ON Domin-
ion square, almost under the windows of the
Windsor hotel, and will be larger and more
picturesque than any previous similar struc-
ture. The accompanying cut shows how it
will look
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Decaying Vegetables.

was asked lately why vegetables when they de-
cay, first turn brown and then black. could not
reply. Will you please inform mef TEACHER.
The hydrogen is separated from the mass
of which the decaying vegetable is composed,
by the process of decay, and leaves larger
portion of carbon behind. The vegetable
fiber contains 5211l per cent. of carbon; when
partially decayed there is 54 per cent, and
when black with decay there is Sc per cent.